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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 04/04/1960April 4,, 1960 - 7:30 p. m. City Hall - Petaluma, Calif. Regular meeting, of the Council of the City of Petaluma called to order by Mayor Parent'. ROLL CALL: P resent: Councilmen Crinella,. Ellis, Gustafson, King, Matzen, Van,Bebber and'Mayor Parent. Absent: None. INVOCATION: Invocation wa,s given by Reverend :Maurice: A. Williams,, Christian Church. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes from.- the mebting,of. March.. 28,, 1960 were approved as recorded. CONSIDERATION OF . 'B .. IDS -Dolphin .Replacement ; Ord. Authorizing Work <& Report. on-.Bid Opening Ord.. #564 N. Ce S. introduced by Councilman King seconded by Councilman Van Bebber, entitled, ''AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA PROVIDING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF ONE DOLPHIN ADJACENT TO THE WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE PETALUMA RIVER; APPROVING THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SAID WORK DESIG- NATING THE FUND FROM WHICH THE COST OF SAID WORK SHAL L B i E PAID; AND .. DETERMINING THAT THE WORK UNDER THIS ORDI NANCE NANCE CONSTITUTES AN EMER - GENCY, adopted by 7 affirmative votes. City Engineer AI - Roberts reported, on the bid - opening for the Dolphin . I that , ..Replacement which had' pldce at Z:0 recommending the low b of Healy Tibbitts Construction Co. be accepted. Bids received were as follows: .Name & Address Total Bid Healy-Tibbitts Construction Co., San. -Francisc I o $1; 835.00 G. M.' Carr Company, Santa Rosa .$2,137.00 C The. buncansdn Harrelson Company, Richmond $2,346.00 c q .Ben C. Gerwi k; Inc., San Francisco $3,889.00 A resolution accepting the low bid was then adopted.. Res. ..#2438 N.C.$. introduced 'by-Councilman Gustafson, seconded by Councilman Van entitled, RESOLUTION R CT TOR THE REPLACE- MENT'0f ONE. ;DOLPHIN ADJACENT TO THE WASHINGTON S TREET BRIDGE, LUM,�, RIVER AS AUTHORIZED BY PETA R ORDINANCE Nb. 564.N. C. S. read and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. (1) A o38 April 4, 196' PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS: Copy of application for transfer of liquor license, 101 Club, approved ' by Chief Del Mae s , tr b,. submitted and filed.. Hill Plaza Parking Project Petitions °r` Hill Pt_AzA'PdrkinLx Protect bearing 1331 signatures,. submitted and filed. The majority of - the' s read as follows!!: I -petition "We, the - undersigned. Citizens of Petaluma, hereby protest, the. destruc- tion of Hill Plaza '"as. pr oposed by B; and-sUg' . " stthat further stud pro ge y be made to ' obtain - the %needed : parking - by other methods. The pl'an,recommended by.john,-J. King and August Lepori - appeq ' ks adequate at time. We also urge c,onsidera placing diagonal parking in many of city. streets. Note, - from C E. Mannion'stating that the people s.i^g'­ - the , petition did so usually � w i th th - e qualifying statement that they wo prefer - that none of the park be taken.' but since this was the only means of giving':the City Council time io consider the local.c view, they sigqedanYWay read and filed. Mrs. Clark addressed the Council noting. that - many - of - the people contacted..did not want any part of the - park .taken for parking purposes. Library-Survey LettOr',dat, xeceived.from Lewis H. Cromwell,, LibraryT - rustee,.enclo os . a of - David -S . absay to - act - as librar ian consult, 1 7 I op ant'. in planning, proposed new library facilityi read and - filed. , - -- Al'so - attached was a copy of- ' a letter from Mr. Cromwell m Mr. Sabsdy'dated March .26 1960. The fo resolution was then adopted Res. #2439 N. C, S introduced by Councilman Crinella, sec.o'nded by' Councilman .Matzen, entitled, "RESOLUTION APPROVING THE OFFER OF'. DAVID , SABSAY. TO PERVORM'A SURVEY OF LIBRARY NEEDS AS AUTHORIZED' BY RESOLUTION* NO. 2435'1 C. S. read and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS;:d City Manager Res. - #2440 N. C. S. introduced by Councilman Matzen,. se . conded by Councilman Van.Bebber approv- ing claims, and bills (Nos.: 3532 to 3764 inclusive and* 392W to 423W inclusive), was read and adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Claims approved for payment by the A.ssistant City Man-ageryere submitted and whereupon, Recreation, Parks & Music Com, K,en Park Recreation-Blog, 7 ,Discussion re Rules k, Regulations Mrs. C16ona Terne's' Redreatloh, 'Pakk8`&._Mu".�i,6 ' -' . addressed'' the Council stating that the Commiss felt the - $ . - IG. 00 and '$ fees suggested' by the Council for - rental of the building would probably elimifiad'ie the, use of the building by such groups as the Cub Scouts, Camp Fire Girls - etc, in addition, , l it wasojelt that rental of the large room considering cost of electricity, hea.t'- ing, etc, , would actually cost the City far more than rental of the. kitchen facilities. (cont:' d) (2) Ey I I April 4, 1960 Kenilworth Recreation Bldg. - cont''d Co;uncilma Matzen pointed out that the Council had felt perhaps a lower rate could be charged for smaller groups. Councilman Van Bebber stated that he did not believe it was -the intention of the Council to set any : definite policy relative to rental fees for the building but merely to indicate the thoughts of the Council in the matter. Recreation Commissioner John Cava.naghstated that the Commission's main thought was for the youth .groups that do not have a large treasury. After further discussion, Mayor Parent asked that the Recreation Commission work-out a rental fee schedule for the building in line with the views of the Council' and the Commission. PUBLIC. HEARING: - 8:00 p-. ma Keller St. Parking Project.- Dr. Lee This being the time' set fo'r hearing' opinions and comments regarding the � tbject project, Mayor-, Parent invited the public to speak. Those speaking in favor of Dr. Lee's proposed parking project were: Owen Fredericks, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Merchants' Committee; George Tomasini, representing Chamber of Commerce Parking Committee; Lola Oleta, Charles Hopper, At Gorl.ick, Milton Whitt and Dr.. David Sister. Citizens who did not favor- Dr. Lee's project because of the inclusion therein of the City's Keller St. parking lot were: Vincent Schoeningh, speaking on behalf of a group of Kentucky Street merchants; George Mitchell, Edgar Dean and Hakon Hansen. While addressing - the Council on ect, "Mr; . Vincent Schoeningh suggested that if a validation was to be instituted, all the City parking lots should be included .. in - - the - system, rather, than just the Keller Stree, lot. 11 those speaking against Dr. Lee's proposal stated that; man . they were objecting to the fact that a City parking, lot would be used by a private enterprise. Some - Kentucky St. merchants :who addressed the Council stated that Dr.­ Lee's present proposal would eliminate -only one City parking lot, the elimination of which, they felt, would not be-fair to the Kentucky Street merchants. Dr. Lee explained that he wanted to include the present City parking lot in his project because he - believed it would take a large parking area to attract the public.. If people - know that there is one large parking area somewhere, they wd -11 head for that area. In answer to a question by Councilman Gustafson, Dr.: Lee stated that he had a preliminary engineering survey made on the double: -dix�k parking structure. The plan that was drawn up provided around 180 'spaces., however, h' believed it quite possible to work out a plan incorpor- ating more spaces. Dr.. Lee felt that o 10¢ an hour would be a feasible rate under the validation system with .a rate of-. 15.¢ ,per hour for anyone using the Lot. without a validated ticket. Councilman Cri'nella felt that Dr. .Lee should be commended ,for present - ing his proposal, although he did not believe it was the answer to the City's problem. He felt that a' :survey should be conducted by a business engineer in order to determine just 'what is needed. Also, - Councilman Crinella felt this survey would point out other problems in the City and give a definite program to follow. (cont' d) (3) April 4, 1960 Keller St. Parkin r.00 7 c.ont ° d Councilman King - felt`that'Dr, Lee's proposed plan was still a. little uncertain and stated that he would like a plan of - exactly wh Dr; Lee proposes to do before he would willing to make any decision in th& matter° Mayor Parent agreed with..Councilman Crinella's suggestion'that an outside expert be hired to - make a survey of. the City!-s needs, Councilman Matzen remarked tliat many good ideas had been out at this meeting. He believed the matter warranted further consideration and, if the Council,', the merchants and the public could not solve the problem, then he believed a survey by an outside. expert would the answer.. Councilman Matzen further that he - would like to see the Hill Plaza Park matter considered also in any *decision made on this matter. ' Councilman Ian - ilebber expressed the opinion that Dr. - Lee. s proposal should be given very careful and rapid consideration by the Coucil; After further discussion, - Mayor 'requested - an indication from members -of the audience as liow agreed that - free parking - would be a good thing for -- He then asked hove - many of the merchants present would be willing tq pay for parking in..Petalum.a in - one way or another. Considering the - results - of this polh Nlayo.r Pare'nt'believed the Council now had a basic preinfse of-what-'was-desired. 'However, -lie. did not the matter could b resolved at this time. The Mayor stated that this wouIId be taken up again at a later date; 9:55 p.m. -- A 10 recess was declared at this time, The meeting was called back to order, Kenilworth Recreation Bldg, Mr _fie Watson; `R'ecreation Commissioner-, - addressed the Council discussing the matterof. , fees to be-.charged for the recital - of the subject build- ing, the proposed $250.00 deposit for use - of the building, - etc, City. Clerk Gladys Wallin informed - the - Council that �a d'eposit;:method would cause considerable bookkeepin&.1 - , She it - might he--simpler-to merely, charge each group - for - expenses, as suggested earlier by'Coun_ciloran Matzen rather than requiring a _deposit - - There was further diseussi:on relative to Whether - the - building pay for itself, - etc.. after which Mayor summarized the thinking of the Council, stating that believed the majority . desired - -this venture to pay for itself and yet be used--a- " s .muc :1-as possible 'He felt that a fee schedule .should be s et for 3 or 6 month on a trial basis. C ity Planning ission Subm of F ede r al. Ur A ssista nce A for a New e. Ans`uering 'questions by various members of the Council City Planner Dick Coleman stated that. the. General Plan would include a study of the down- town.busi.ness district. He was gLlite certain that parking would be a part of this, but stated that it would not be as detailed as a. special urban .renewal study would be. Mr. Coleman also mentioned' a 3 ar. ea, economic base study which would b made, star ing that he could check into the matter of exactly what this would include. The.following resolution was then adopted° R.es.. -92441 N. C S. . introduced by Councilman Ellis, seconded by Councilman,.Crinella, entitled, "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY FOR PLANNING ASSISTANCE ST %ECT TO THE, APPROVAL OF STATE AND.. FEDERAL. �ALJTHORI`I°IES AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. 1 adopted by 7 affirmative.votes, (4j April 4, 1960 Director of Public Works Submission of Sketch Maps, on Proposed Annexations: Drartt..Ave.. , Denman -'Peta uma North 'and Tomaha Sketch maps on the above proposed annexations were submitted and filed. City Engineer A l Roberts pointed out the proposed boundaries . for the annexations, the amount of land in each and its assessed value, etc. On the Grant Avenue Annexation Mr. Roberts noted that 17 of the 31 property .owners had signed petitions for annexation;. a verbal approval had been received from 2 other property owners. This annexation would require an elect_ ion. .The City Engineer stated that property, owners representing 597 of the proposed Denman - Petaluma North Annexation favored annexation. There was discussion regarding 'the , police and fire protection for this annexation, He noted that there were 3 property owners in the area who did not wish . to annex. On these properties, only the land necessary to the proposed annexation had been included. In connection with the proposed Tomaha Annexation, the City. Engineer pointed out that - the McPhail property comprised 50% of the assessed - valuation. However, at this time it was not known whether or not the McPhails favored annexation. The Ci.ty.Attorney explained that the first step towards - annexation of these properties would be the passage of a resolution by Council directing that the maps be forwarded to the Boundary Commission - He believed the :Council would have to make a decision as whether or not these properties should be required to assume existing bonded indebtedness. The City, Attorney was directed to prepare legislation to start annexation pradeedings on the proposed annexations, Meanwhile, more information was to be -gathered concerning the entire situation, Other City Officials Monthly reports of various City Departments were submitted and filed. AI L ?110 OF ORDINANCES #565 NCS - Authorizing Purchase of Radio °Egaipment Ord. #565 M C, S. introduced by, `Tan Bebber, seconded by Councilman Ellis, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF RADIO EQUIPMENT FOR ROLLING STOCK BELONGING TO THE CITY OF PETALUMA; DIRECTING THAT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS BE PREPARED FOR THE SAME, TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION AND DESIGNAT- ING THE FUND FROM WHICH THE COST OF THIS EQUIPMENT SHALL BE " adopted by 7 affirmative votes. CONSIDERATION OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS.- Res, Appointing Dick -Shollenberger Recreati.on-- Parks Director Res. #2442 N. Co S. introduced by Councilman Gustafson, seconded by Councilman- Ellis, entitled, (5) 64- April 4, 1960 Res. #2442. NCS - qont'd. ''RESOLUTION APPOINTING RICHARD SHOLLENBERGER. TO THE COMBINED POSITION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENT AND RECREA- TION DIRECTOR; ESTABLISHING A COMBINED THERE- FOR; A . ND .1 DESIGNATING THAT THE SALARY SHAL g.E,AL,LO-,. GATED'BETWEEN "THE PARK DEPARTMENT AND THE , R ECR'8A 7 TION DEPARTMENT., adopted by 7. affirmative votes. Res, re Weed Abatom ent Res.- #24 N-,C introduced by Councilman Crinella`, seconded by Councilman_ Van -Bebber', entitled, "RESOLUTION DECLA RING THAT THE AND , WEEDSOROWING:, I _B'1SH b RUB R E FUSE AND DIRT EX ISTIN G -UPON THE 'STREETS PARKWAYS, SIDEWALKS AND PARCELS OF PRIVATE PROPER- TY. REFERRED TO AND DESCRIBED IN THIS RESOLUTION CONSTITUTE AND ARE A PUBLIC NLJISANCE� ad-opted by 7 affirmative -votes, Res.. Cancelling Takes - 17 Bassett Street Res, -#2444.N,.C,,S. introduced by Councilman Viin.Bebber, seconded by 'Councilman - Ellis, - entitled, 1 "RESOLUTION TO-REQUEST CANCELLATION OF TAXES, ON PROPERTY PURCHASED-BY THE CITY OF PETALUMA FROM SILVIO AND - ALICE PICCINOTTI. adopted by 7 aff irmative Votes Res, Asking.County to -Extend Payran - Street - from; Lindberg..Lap'e, Res, #2445 No Co So introduced by Councilman Van Bebber,_ seconded by Councilman. Ellis, entitled,. "RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SONOMA TO CAUSE THE EXTENSION OF PA YRA N STREET TO BE. CONSTRUCTED FROM ITS SOUTHEASTERLY TE RMIN US '� AT LINDBERG : LANE TO THE LAEV HIGHWAY° adopted by 7 affirmative votes. Res,, Authorizing, Funds .for Purchase! of Water Meters. City Hall Res - #2446 No Co So introduced by. Councilman' King, seconded by Councilman. Gustafson, entitled; "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE BY THE PUBLIC . WORKS DEPARTMENT OF TWO WATER METERS AND DESIGNATING THE FUND D FROM. WHJ . C THE COST SHALL BE PAID, adopted by 7 affirmative votes. .(6) 0 0 4 3,- 1 April 4, 1960 Appointment of Committee to Inves Councilmen Crinella, Van Bebber a Parent to the subject committee, to Sewer Needs - Boat Harbor Area Ellis 'were appointed by Mayor Councilman King reported on a joint committee meeting of the Council, 'School Board and Fair Board last Thursday. The problem of access to Kenilworth Jr. High .School had been discussed, and also the matter of whether or not the City will annex new schools to the Petaluma Elementary School District, Councilman King felt that the City Attorney, should check into this r c'lative to Council policy, etc. Councilman King noted that the problem of access to Kenilworth.Jr, High School will be further discussed by the Schools ai)J. the Fair Board. Boat Harbor Councilman Van Bebber brought up the subject of using the balance of the boat harbor planning funds to have a topography survey made of the boat silte. It was noted approximately `$I, 100. 00 remained in the fund. Councilman Van Bebber stated that.-Mr. Layton had mentioned that his :firm could do the work at this time for $1, 300. 00. 'The City Engineer stated that felt it might be expedient and cost saving to have a local ground surveyor do the topography survey and land survey simultaneously: After further discussion, the City Attorney was directed to prepare a resolution for the - next meeting, authorizing this work to be done. Further information was to be obtained as to the cost of having the two surveys made at one time, etc. Mr. Charles Hopper addressed the Council concerning the removal of old river pilings at the foot of First Street and the installation of a couple of electrical outlets in the - turning basin. The City. Engineer stated that he had. received a quotation of $750.00 from. Carr Construction Co- on removing the pilings at the foot of First- Street. IIe also noted that the bulkhead at the foot of Redwood .Street was giving way and suggested that this be considered in next year's budget. These matters were - turned over to the boat harbor committee which had.been appointed by the Mayor earlier in the meeting. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting was adjourned. Mayor, 1 Attest> City. Clerk. (7) v